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>>eporter: r the obama campaign to work it needs young people. as peers, as voters, people under 30 are crucial. in 2008, two of every three voters under 30 cast a vote for candidate obama, making it the largest gap between old and young voters since 1972 younger voters are more racially and ethnically diverse than the general population and a lot more secular and those are two big markers for the democratic party. but they're also a lot more unemployed and that represents a big challenge for the obama campaign. in last month's jobs report, unemployment for 20 to 24-year-olds stood at 13.5%. millions of young voting age students aren't yet in the full time work force. on college campuses 100,000 college democrats on 1,200 campuses are headed by this woman who heads to law school in the fall. >> this president made a promise to young people he was going to be our voice. >> reporter: selenas insists she doesn't see the disappointment pollsters are saying, college democrats, she says, are surging. >> we as the college democrats organization see trem
>>eporter: r the obama campaign to work it needs young people. as peers, as voters, people under 30 are crucial. in 2008, two of every three voters under 30 cast a vote for candidate obama, making it the largest gap between old and young voters since 1972 younger voters are more racially and ethnically diverse than the general population and a lot more secular and those are two big markers for the democratic party. but they're also a lot more unemployed and that represents a big challenge...
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and also on matters like immigration. >> woodruff: a word of advice for president obama for the next four years? >> well, i think president obama should feel very good about the election, and really should work hard-- as i think he's doing now with john boehner-- work it persistently and not let himself get discouraged with the republicans seem to be pushing him off for partisan reasonses because there is so much he can do but he will not do it unless he engages some critical mass of republicans. and of course they've got to be willing to set aside rigid partisanship and ideological purity and come to the middle and compromise with the president to deal with big problems like the debt, like the economy, like cyber-security, like chiement chronicle are of, for instance so hopehatill happen. the president, most of all, has the mandate to be a leader. i'll tell you, i think he's off to a good start of leadership since the election. and i felt it the other night in newtown. he brought not only comfort to newtown, connecticut. he brought resolve that we're not going to tolerate these kind
and also on matters like immigration. >> woodruff: a word of advice for president obama for the next four years? >> well, i think president obama should feel very good about the election, and really should work hard-- as i think he's doing now with john boehner-- work it persistently and not let himself get discouraged with the republicans seem to be pushing him off for partisan reasonses because there is so much he can do but he will not do it unless he engages some critical mass...
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they'll get together next week to compare notes on president obama's acceptance speech. we'll have that for you next friday. >> woodruff: and with us once again, as they've been every night this week, are shields and brooks-- that's syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. welcome, gentlemen, you made it back, as i was just saying you drove from tampa to washington, not quite, not quite, you flew. we just heard from these undecided voter, they are still undecided, they are not yet sold after listening carefully, mark, last night. does that tell you anything about what mitt romney was able -- >> no, these are the gold mine it is both campaigns, these are the people they are trying to reach. i means that's where the battle will be fought. but i guess if you are's the romney campaign, you hope that there would be three or four battlefield conversions that stand up and say that does it for me, i'm willing to join. but i think it makes us stay tuned for next week and find out what happens after barack obama is still undecided then we're p
they'll get together next week to compare notes on president obama's acceptance speech. we'll have that for you next friday. >> woodruff: and with us once again, as they've been every night this week, are shields and brooks-- that's syndicated columnist mark shields and "new york times" columnist david brooks. welcome, gentlemen, you made it back, as i was just saying you drove from tampa to washington, not quite, not quite, you flew. we just heard from these undecided voter,...
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what is the task or let's just talk about the first debate which is next wednesday. >> so obama i think his task is reasonably clear, just be calm, stay calm, whatever that british slogan we're all repeating now, stay calm and in control. he just has to be calm. and somebody made a good point. he had a pretty bad week in the middle east or two wokes in the middle east but he reacted with calmness. so he sort of gets a pass on really what is sort of a chaotic administration policy. romney is the one with the burden. and so i do think he says, he has to say listen, i haven't been a great candidate but if you elect me there are four organizations i'm going to fix. i am going to fix the tax code -- >> i think romney can remember four. >> it is just too many for people to remember. three, believable. >> okay, do tax code, energy policy and dot political system. or go say hey this guy won't talk about the fiscal cliff, i will cut a deal. i will cut a deal to so we don't go off the fiscal cliff so business can have some confidence that would be the sort of unusual thing i think would be a prac
what is the task or let's just talk about the first debate which is next wednesday. >> so obama i think his task is reasonably clear, just be calm, stay calm, whatever that british slogan we're all repeating now, stay calm and in control. he just has to be calm. and somebody made a good point. he had a pretty bad week in the middle east or two wokes in the middle east but he reacted with calmness. so he sort of gets a pass on really what is sort of a chaotic administration policy. romney...
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now, back to gwen. >> ifill: next tonight, china's likely next leader meets the american president in washington. >> i want to welcome vice president she. >> ifill: president obama shuck struck a hopeful note by welcoming she gin-ping at the white house today. >> we welcome china's peaceful rise. we believe that a strong and prosperous china is one that can help to bring stability and prosperity to the region and to the world. >> ifill: she arrived in washington as the likely next president of the world's most populous nation and its second largest economy. mr. obama said such power needs to be used wisely. we have tried to emphasize that because of china's extraordinarily... extraordinary development over the last two decades that with expanding power and prosperity also comes increased responsibility. >> ifill: she, speaking through a translator, also accentuated the positive in talking about the relations between the two countries. >> and i hope to engage with a broad cross-section of american society during my current visit so as to deepen mutual understanding, expand consensus, s
now, back to gwen. >> ifill: next tonight, china's likely next leader meets the american president in washington. >> i want to welcome vice president she. >> ifill: president obama shuck struck a hopeful note by welcoming she gin-ping at the white house today. >> we welcome china's peaceful rise. we believe that a strong and prosperous china is one that can help to bring stability and prosperity to the region and to the world. >> ifill: she arrived in washington as...
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the very next day president obama announced that he supports gay marriage. sunday morning services at white rock baptist church in durham, tonya who voted for barack obama in 2008 told us the issue has ber politically torn >> it's a direct contradiction to what god says about that. i was just... you know, it conflicts with my christian beliefs. >> brown: this man while deeply opposed to gay marriage said his concerns about voting again for the president were dispelled in recent days >> they are 47% of the people who will vote for the president no matter what >> when mr. romney made the 47% comment, that made me shake my head and say like aate low of americans, when you tell americans you are entitled and dependent on the government because of social security and medicare, that showed a great deal of insensitivity. >> brown: pastor stevens also had a greater concern about missed opportunities. >> this shouldn't be an election about voting against the oer guy. this should be an election about voting for the person who is is going to benefit your community. >>
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what creates growth in the economy over the next two years or year? what do you believe creates growth? romney, i guess, believes tax cuts will create that growth. obama, i think he believes stimulus spending creates growth upon i think he's a canessian, and he's not offering that probably because it's politically not that popular right now. if he believes stimulus spending-- he has talked about his jobs before, to be fair. but i didn't hear that in the convention or the convention speech. to say i believe in more stimulus spending. >> my dissent to be this-- that this election is bill clinton's third term. th was the most ieresting eech we heardinhe two conventions by a factor of four was bill clinton's. bill clinton made, i thought, the most persuasive case for growth was discrimination and ignorance and poverty are a dampener,ar an antidote to growth, and, therefore, the investment in education and social services was a growth-- in a year or two? no, but i mean that's-- that's a distinct and profound differencic between the two parties. >> hey, i d
what creates growth in the economy over the next two years or year? what do you believe creates growth? romney, i guess, believes tax cuts will create that growth. obama, i think he believes stimulus spending creates growth upon i think he's a canessian, and he's not offering that probably because it's politically not that popular right now. if he believes stimulus spending-- he has talked about his jobs before, to be fair. but i didn't hear that in the convention or the convention speech. to...
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policy from israel's leader today, and word that president obama won't have time to meet with him next month. margaret warner has the story. warner: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu didn't bother to conceal his unhappiness with the obama administration today over its handling of the iran nuclear issue. >> if iran knows that there is no red line, if iran knows that there is no deadline, what will it do? exactly what it's doing. it's continuing without any interference towards obtaining nuclear weapons capability. from there nuclear bombs. those international communities who refuse to put red lines before iran don't have a moral right to place a red light before israel. >> warner: the statement seemed to come in response to comments by secretary of state hillary clinton over the weekend. she told bloomberg news that the u.s. is not setting deadlines for diplomatic efforts to get iran to stop enriching uranium. today state department spokeswoman victoria newland sought to play down any tensions between the u.s. and israel on the iran issue. >> i'm not going to comment today on pr
policy from israel's leader today, and word that president obama won't have time to meet with him next month. margaret warner has the story. warner: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu didn't bother to conceal his unhappiness with the obama administration today over its handling of the iran nuclear issue. >> if iran knows that there is no red line, if iran knows that there is no deadline, what will it do? exactly what it's doing. it's continuing without any interference towards...
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the goebel project is sort of in a problem and it would be what obama spends the next four years on. i have to say as someone critical of a lot of his domestic policies, i think he's been pretty good. he's certainly someone who has a very cautious, yo nuanced and prudent foreign policy. he does not try too simplify complicated issues and sometimes it's overly cautious but in mysterious times like these over-caution is not the worst of sins. >> brown: mark, he does-- the president that is-- still embroileded in the question of benghazi, and particularly focused on susan rice. >> he does. and one point david made i wanted to follow up on, and that is the arab spring has made it impossible for any leader-- mubarak could really ignore hamas. but now, given the arab spring and the democratization of policy, even though we see mr. morsi today sort of reversing that policy, proven both elected and unelected leaders can be dictatorial. that hamas got a preemence and prominence it had not had fore in this showdown. we had tu nearby awe had egypt, we had turkey-- all basically endorsing much t
the goebel project is sort of in a problem and it would be what obama spends the next four years on. i have to say as someone critical of a lot of his domestic policies, i think he's been pretty good. he's certainly someone who has a very cautious, yo nuanced and prudent foreign policy. he does not try too simplify complicated issues and sometimes it's overly cautious but in mysterious times like these over-caution is not the worst of sins. >> brown: mark, he does-- the president that...
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deadline approached the obama campaign followed up with a blunt email appeal today. i will be the first president in modern history to be outspent in his re-election campaign, the email read. if things continue as they have so far, we can be outspent and still win but we can't be outspent 10-to-1 and still win. romney has been on the money trail as well. he spent his weekend at a fund raising retreat for deep-pocketed donors in park city, utah. the minimum cost of admission: $50,000 a head. >> i'm going to do everything i can do. i'm going to bundle every penny. >> ifill: 700 donors made the utah trip to support romney who said he will be the one outspent. >> we built the kind of organization you have to have to go up against president obama. >> ifill: that's just what the candidates themselves are doing. romney's campaign and the republican national committee raised a combined $76.8 million in may while the obama campaign and the democratic national committee raised $60 million. but fund-raising reports out last week showed that outside groups, the so-called super p
deadline approached the obama campaign followed up with a blunt email appeal today. i will be the first president in modern history to be outspent in his re-election campaign, the email read. if things continue as they have so far, we can be outspent and still win but we can't be outspent 10-to-1 and still win. romney has been on the money trail as well. he spent his weekend at a fund raising retreat for deep-pocketed donors in park city, utah. the minimum cost of admission: $50,000 a head....
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next, she goes to new york to address the u.n. general assembly. >> warner: today, the treasu department eased some restrictions on the current government, removing myanmar's president from a list of individuals barred from doing business or owning property in the u.s. i'm joined now by maureen aung- thwin, who was just taken off the myanmar government's black list in the last few weeks. she's director of the burma project at the open society institute. and jennifer quigley advocacy director of the u.s. campaign for burma. welcome to you both. let's reflect a moment on this ment. how big an event is this not just for aung san suu kyi but for myanmar? >> it's huge. it's huge. and for burmese, that's-- it's probably the biggest gathering of burmese in-- at least in the capital. and i have a feeling most of the burmese i saw there, including myself, had never really been to the rotunda. so it was like a stunning very emotional event for us. and to see her there, you know, right there in washington. >> warner: jennifer quigley, how fa
next, she goes to new york to address the u.n. general assembly. >> warner: today, the treasu department eased some restrictions on the current government, removing myanmar's president from a list of individuals barred from doing business or owning property in the u.s. i'm joined now by maureen aung- thwin, who was just taken off the myanmar government's black list in the last few weeks. she's director of the burma project at the open society institute. and jennifer quigley advocacy...
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proposal would slash the deficit by 3.3 trillion dollars over the next decade. that would be on top of the four trillion dollars in savings in the obama budget. among other things, the republicans make substantial reductions in medicaid spending and repeal the president's health care law. they also seek cost savings in medicare, imposing changes for future recipients. those now under age 55. the full house is expected to vote on the plan next week, but that's as far as it will go. in the senate, the democratic majority leader harry reid made clear today that the house plan faces certain defeat in his chamber. >> we all recognize all that does is make the rich richer and have bigger hits to the middle class. it ruins medicare as we know it. >> woodruff: the obama administration also objected to the republican proposal saying it lacked fairness. white house press secretary jay carney. >> what the ryan plan fails to do is in any way meet the test of balance that every credible person in this debate has said must be met if we are going to deal with our fiscal challe
proposal would slash the deficit by 3.3 trillion dollars over the next decade. that would be on top of the four trillion dollars in savings in the obama budget. among other things, the republicans make substantial reductions in medicaid spending and repeal the president's health care law. they also seek cost savings in medicare, imposing changes for future recipients. those now under age 55. the full house is expected to vote on the plan next week, but that's as far as it will go. in the...
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in the obama budget. the president addressed the associated press annual meeting in washington. >> for much of the last century, we have been having the same argument with folks who keep peddling some version of trickle-down economics. they keep telling us that if we convert more of our investments in education and research and health care into tax cuts, especially for the wealthy, our economy will grow stronger. they keep telling us that if we just strip away more regulations and let businesses pollute more and treat workers and consumers with impunity, that somehow we would all be better off. we're told that when the wealthy become even wealthier and corporations are allowd to maximize their profits by whatever means necessary, it's good for america. and that their success will automatically translate into more jobs and prosperity for everybody else. that's the theory. now, the problem for advocates of this theory is that we've tried their approach. on a massive scale. the results of their experiment ar
in the obama budget. the president addressed the associated press annual meeting in washington. >> for much of the last century, we have been having the same argument with folks who keep peddling some version of trickle-down economics. they keep telling us that if we convert more of our investments in education and research and health care into tax cuts, especially for the wealthy, our economy will grow stronger. they keep telling us that if we just strip away more regulations and let...
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on monday, we'll look at the roll-out of president obama's budget for next year. i'm ray suarez. >> brown: and i'm jeffrey brown. "washington week" can be seen later this evening on most pbs stations. we'll see you online, and again here monday evening. have a nice weekend. thanks for joining us. good night. major funding for the pbs newshour has been provided by: ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ moving our economy for 160 years. bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. >> and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... >> this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. captioning sponsored by macneil/lehrer productions captioned by media access group at wgbh access.wgbh.org
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obama in november. he and the rest of the republican field face their next test in arizona and michigan tuesday. >> brown: still to come on the "newshour": sectarian violence in iraq; learning lessons online; the politics of the abortion fight and the failures at a west virginia mine. but first, the other news of the day. here's kwame holman. >>olman: there was new violencen afghanistan today over the burning of korans at a u.s. base. riots broke out across the country for a third day, and five people were killed. hundreds of demonstrators also tried to storm a u.s. military site. at one protest, a man dressed as an afghan soldier shot and killed two american soldiers. meanwhile, president obama offered his sincere apologies in a letter to afghan president hamid karzai. new images of desperate conditions emerged today from the city of homs, in syria. forces loyal to president bashar assad kept up a fierce artillery barrage, despite world appeals to stop. we have a report narrated by jonathan miller of "
obama in november. he and the rest of the republican field face their next test in arizona and michigan tuesday. >> brown: still to come on the "newshour": sectarian violence in iraq; learning lessons online; the politics of the abortion fight and the failures at a west virginia mine. but first, the other news of the day. here's kwame holman. >>olman: there was new violencen afghanistan today over the burning of korans at a u.s. base. riots broke out across the country for...
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we asked professor farnsworth his answers are on our website. >> ifill: next to syria, where in damascus, a bomb attached to a fuel truck exploded near a hotel used by united nations monitors stationed in the capil. at least three people were hurt. u.n. human rights investigators are also accusing forces loyal to president bashar al-assad of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity. they said the opposition was guilty of war crimes as well, but not to the same extent. meanwhile, in the northern rebel-held border town of azaz, an air strike by a government jet flattened buildings. reports of the dead ranged from eight to 30, with even more wounded. we have a report narrated by jonathon miller of "independent television news." the blue, the blast cloud indicating the bombs just dropped. in the town of azaz near syria's board we are turkey it seems an entire neighborhood has been flattened. two brothers call out for an ambulance. "it's my sister," says one. she's alive, clinging on for dear life. it must be very hard to take in what's just happened. a little face-- terrified and tr
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convincing people that the next four years under barack obama are not going to be any bter than the last four yea are. so once again, we had mitt romney promoting his own abilities, his business background, and basically he kept saying over and over and over again i know how to do this. >> woodruff: and, julie, we heard mitt romney kept bringing it back to the economy and jobs, and saying if we can get the economy going, that is going to help women. how many obama folks countered that. >> the economic discussion in the obama campaign is really interesting right now. because obviously the prsident'sconomic record hasps and downs, and perhaps more downs over the past four years, but what they've started to see in public polling is that mood of the country on the economy is shifting slightly. and it is becoming a bit more positive. we've seen the president start to embrace more fully, and touched on his economic record and how his policies also relate to the economy, than we have than earlier in the campaign. you can't simply run away from the issue that is at the top of voters' minds in th
convincing people that the next four years under barack obama are not going to be any bter than the last four yea are. so once again, we had mitt romney promoting his own abilities, his business background, and basically he kept saying over and over and over again i know how to do this. >> woodruff: and, julie, we heard mitt romney kept bringing it back to the economy and jobs, and saying if we can get the economy going, that is going to help women. how many obama folks countered that....
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president obama met with xi on tuesday. the next day, speaking in milwaukee, he talked tough on trade with china. >> i'm not going to stand by when our competitors don't play by the same rules. it's not fair when foreign manufacturers have a leg up on ours just because they're getting heavy subsidies from their government. so i directed my administration to create a trade enforcement unit and it's only got one job-- investigating unfair trade practices in countries like china, making sure we've got an even playing field. because when we've got an even playing field, i promise you, nobody is going to out-compete america. >> brown: on the republican campaign trail, china has been a common target. former massachusetts governor mitt romney. >> china has stolen our intellectual property, our designs, o patts, know how. it's hacked into our computers. it's manipulated its currency. i think you got to say we're going to label them a currency manipulator and apply tariffs, if necessary-- hopefully not-- but apply tariffs where they
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and then the next one was "a vote for barack obama is a crap shoot" which is a word that he had used but not quite in this context. >> but we can report to you twitter has taken down this fake bill clinton account. twit a twitter spokeswoman telling me while they're liberal about letting people use parody accounts, it has to be crystal clear in the way this one wasn't that it's not the real person and the romney campaign told me it did not take this down voluntarily. twitter had a complaint by the democratic side so now the romney camp-- which apparently is in love with the clinton approach-- is putting theíñ president clinton tweets on its own web site, no longer on twitter. >> brown: we're very clear it's a romney product. now is mitt romney a target of these? >> he most certainly is. here's another one we found. the real mitt and your french is much better but it basically says "the unions are dead, le boo-hoo." which i don't think need to be translated. >> there are a number of fake or parody mitt romney accounts which includes ann romney's horse so the horse has a twitter acco
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of the depending on who may retire in the next four years. there's no indication that anyone of them wants to retire. but you never know. >> brown: i wonder if that keeps everybody watching these cases even more carefully against that back drop. >> it always does. it will be very interesting the next four years. >> brown: marcia coyle of the national law journal, welcome back. thanks as always. >> my pleasure, jeff. woodruff: still to come on the newshour, our >> woodruff: still to come on the newshour, our campaign update with susan page and stuart rothenberg on the big debate happening wednesday; medicaid, as both sides see it; the middle class and the american dream; and documenting the worldwide oppression of women, with filmakers nicholas kristof and sheryl wudunn. but first, the other news of the day, here's kwame holman. >> holman: a suicide bomber in afghanistan killed at least 14 people today, including three american troops. the attack came as the number of u.s. deaths in the afghan war went above 2000 during the weekend. in the lat
of the depending on who may retire in the next four years. there's no indication that anyone of them wants to retire. but you never know. >> brown: i wonder if that keeps everybody watching these cases even more carefully against that back drop. >> it always does. it will be very interesting the next four years. >> brown: marcia coyle of the national law journal, welcome back. thanks as always. >> my pleasure, jeff. woodruff: still to come on the newshour, our >>...
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. >> woodruff: so finally, christina, just another word about the obama camp. how do they see this next phase in the campaign >> well, they're all patting themselves on the back because as the entire republican primary unfolded over the last six months there were a lot of ups and downs that they were laser focused on romney as the beginning. they were looking at him as most likely to win the primary nomination but also the person who's their toughest foe. so they've been chipping away at his image. his positives have gone remarkably down. that's not just the primary campaign. you can expect to see them ramp up fund-raising for the president and shore up these organizational areas and you'll see more ads on t.v. they've already sussed that up. you'll see it even more. >> woodruff: it won't be dull. christina bellantoni, dante >> ifill: still to come on the "newshour": the debate over medical testing; solar power in a suitcase and the president and the supreme court. but first, with the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan. >> sreenivasan: the people ar
. >> woodruff: so finally, christina, just another word about the obama camp. how do they see this next phase in the campaign >> well, they're all patting themselves on the back because as the entire republican primary unfolded over the last six months there were a lot of ups and downs that they were laser focused on romney as the beginning. they were looking at him as most likely to win the primary nomination but also the person who's their toughest foe. so they've been chipping...
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what will he say next? >> ifill: but mccaskill has her own problems. romney is well ahead in missouri, and more than half of the voters here disapprove of president obama. she says she remains independent. >> i think the president, if he were in missouri, he would say to missourians what i hope they know about me, and that is i can be a real pain. i am not someone who does what he wants me to do at his beck and call. i have said no to him. it doesn't mean i don't support him; it just means i have a strong objective record of independence. >> ifill: akin is happy to remind voters she voted for both his health care and his stimulus plans. >> she's trying to say that she is mainstream, but when you vote with barack obama 98% of the time, it's hard to say that with a straight face. >> ifill: the outcome of this election could hinge on what happens in liberal cities like st. louis, where mccaskill's supporters are, or on conservative suburbs like here in st. charles, deep in akin's congressional district. as the candidates fight it out for money, time, atte
what will he say next? >> ifill: but mccaskill has her own problems. romney is well ahead in missouri, and more than half of the voters here disapprove of president obama. she says she remains independent. >> i think the president, if he were in missouri, he would say to missourians what i hope they know about me, and that is i can be a real pain. i am not someone who does what he wants me to do at his beck and call. i have said no to him. it doesn't mean i don't support him; it...
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he was supposed to be standing right here next to me, jeff. it was called off by the white hou. this is a very delicate situation because the reset the obama administration has worked with now president medvedev of the relationship really is in trouble because of the campaign, because of criticism by secretary clinton and others of the fairness of the december elections. putin took umbrage at that. he has responded by accusing the u.s. and in fact europe too of trying to... of criticizing the election process as a way of weakening russia. this is a serious situation as far as the obama administration is concerned because they have so many issues they want to continue to do... they need russian cooperation on. iran and north korea and moving troops in and out of after fan stan. so the administration is treading for gingerly here. >> brown: margaret warner in moscow, thanks so much. >> warner: thank you, jeff. >> woodruff: to see all of margaret's reports from russia and links to additional coverage from our partners at public radio international's "the world," visit our web site
he was supposed to be standing right here next to me, jeff. it was called off by the white hou. this is a very delicate situation because the reset the obama administration has worked with now president medvedev of the relationship really is in trouble because of the campaign, because of criticism by secretary clinton and others of the fairness of the december elections. putin took umbrage at that. he has responded by accusing the u.s. and in fact europe too of trying to... of criticizing the...
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we'll see what happens on the obama side and the question is how much the unions have to spend really. >> warner: john dunbar, thank you for walking us through that. >> thank you. >> brown: and next, we turn to thailand. three suspected insurgents were shot dead today in a firefight with security forces in the southern part of the country. it was the latest example of the simmering religious violence there that's killed more than 5,000 people since 2004. newshour special correspondent kira kay recently traveled to thailand's troubled south and filed this report. >> reporter: early in our visit to thailand's southern provinces, we are taken by military escort to the village of khok krabue, where a surreal scene unfolds. smiling residents are celebrating national children's day with a dance performance under heavily armed guard. despite attempts at a normal existence, khok krabue is living under siege, protected by volunteer militiamen and paramilitary rangers. the village chief, supot prompetch, himself mans a checkpoint. >> ( translated ): it started when a villager went to market on
we'll see what happens on the obama side and the question is how much the unions have to spend really. >> warner: john dunbar, thank you for walking us through that. >> thank you. >> brown: and next, we turn to thailand. three suspected insurgents were shot dead today in a firefight with security forces in the southern part of the country. it was the latest example of the simmering religious violence there that's killed more than 5,000 people since 2004. newshour special...
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president obama nominated a physician and public health expert to be the next president of the world bank. jim yong kim is the current president of dartmouth college. and the obama administration moved to ease limits on the search and storage of information about americans. online, mark and david talk more politics and sports. hari senivasan elain hari. >> sreenivasan: that's on the "doubleheader," where shields and brooks talk new orleans saints and other "mad men"-- get a primer on the health care reform law ahead of monday's supreme court arguments. submit your questions on our health page, and we'll get answers from experts during a live web chat on tuesday. plus, tonight's edition of "need to know" updates the stories of military veterans, some still unemployed and homeless. find a link on our web site to theirs. all that and more is at newshour.pbs.org. judy. >> woodruff: and that's the newshour for tonight. on monday, we'll look at the landmark law overhauling health care as it takes center stage inside and outside the supreme court. i'm judy woodruff. >> brown: and i'm jeffre
president obama nominated a physician and public health expert to be the next president of the world bank. jim yong kim is the current president of dartmouth college. and the obama administration moved to ease limits on the search and storage of information about americans. online, mark and david talk more politics and sports. hari senivasan elain hari. >> sreenivasan: that's on the "doubleheader," where shields and brooks talk new orleans saints and other "mad men"--...
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said, will we see the president back in north carolina before next tuesday? and he hedged onthat. he id we're doingverhing we can to win but we're on a day-to-day assessment of the schedule. for governor romney it's the same kind of situation. there are places he may want to try to go to between now and tuesday that he's not going to be able to get to simply because of lack of time or because of storm damage. >> woodruff: susan, you raised this a minute ago. the impact on voting itself, absentee, early voting and voting on election day. we were hearing a few minutes ago this storm could have an after math that goes on for days. >> you know, we've expected 5 to 40% of the votes to be cast fore election da because of the rise in early voting and absentee voting. this affects such a big part of the country. does it affect that number. and which organization is better able to respond to some of these last-minute challenges? i think you would have to say that the obama campaign has a bigger ground operation. they've put more focus on the ground although republican
said, will we see the president back in north carolina before next tuesday? and he hedged onthat. he id we're doingverhing we can to win but we're on a day-to-day assessment of the schedule. for governor romney it's the same kind of situation. there are places he may want to try to go to between now and tuesday that he's not going to be able to get to simply because of lack of time or because of storm damage. >> woodruff: susan, you raised this a minute ago. the impact on voting itself,...
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and president putin, the meeting was supposed to take next monday in mexico, that that may be a good way to embarrass the russians, but not a very effective way to get their cooperation. >> brown: what, dimitri simes, is the objective here? >> i was in moscow about a week ago and had the chance to talk to several russian officials and my impression was the increasing way of viewing president assad as a liability. they did not like to have president assad to be a major obstacle in their relations with the united states, the european union, and israel. at the same time, assad for many years, was viewed as a russian client. several russian clients have lost their positions and sometimes in the case of saddam hussein, muammar gaddafi-- t russians are reluctant to allow president assad to be overthrown without some kind of a peaceful arrangement more comprehensive that just his departure. and they, obviously, insist they would be a part of that arrangement. >> brown: so michele dunne, this calling out, as you referred to, it was fairly harsh language. that expresses the some kind of frust
and president putin, the meeting was supposed to take next monday in mexico, that that may be a good way to embarrass the russians, but not a very effective way to get their cooperation. >> brown: what, dimitri simes, is the objective here? >> i was in moscow about a week ago and had the chance to talk to several russian officials and my impression was the increasing way of viewing president assad as a liability. they did not like to have president assad to be a major obstacle in...
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for next tuesday night. i mean i think joe biden gave-- democrats today were singing all over town. i mean they were tap dantion they were so happy. in large part because he brought passion. he made the case. he brought the case against mitt romney, the 47%, the fact that a rom me's effective tax rate, what he pays to the federal government is lower than that of a secretary or a firefighter. it was just, it reminded democrats on why they were democrats too. and i think that really, really did help. >> woodruff: so he brought what the president needed last night? >> halfway. he lifted the moral of the democrats and i think it is multily and also true that he offended a lot of people. a lot of republicans were deeply ofended. a lot of yeps were offend. there is the debate for people who watched, which was a lot. >> 61 million. >> people are really interested. so it's very high rating. but then there's the discussion period about the debate. and that discussion period is mostly about biden's manners. and so i p
for next tuesday night. i mean i think joe biden gave-- democrats today were singing all over town. i mean they were tap dantion they were so happy. in large part because he brought passion. he made the case. he brought the case against mitt romney, the 47%, the fact that a rom me's effective tax rate, what he pays to the federal government is lower than that of a secretary or a firefighter. it was just, it reminded democrats on why they were democrats too. and i think that really, really did...
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obama won the battleground state of virginia 51% to 48% over mitt romney. his victory was helped by taking 56% of the vote in the states southeast tidewater region that is home to norfolk. here, where streets like this are frequently under water, som people are hoping the election means political debate about climate change may be over. >> in the last month, this neighborhood has flooded three times. >> reporter: skip stiles heads wetlands watch, a local environmental group that works throughout the state. he took us to another vulnerable area downtown. >> this is an old apartment building. it has been here since 1904. so the abstract notion that we have had a foot of sea level rise in last 100 years. you can mark it against this building. we had a nor'easter in 2006 that came about here, about where sandy came. if you think about it 100 years ago that would be a foot and a half down, it wouldn't even have touched this building. problem is 100 years going forward, if you go up three feet, in 100 years this middle of the road nor'easter is suddenly as high a
obama won the battleground state of virginia 51% to 48% over mitt romney. his victory was helped by taking 56% of the vote in the states southeast tidewater region that is home to norfolk. here, where streets like this are frequently under water, som people are hoping the election means political debate about climate change may be over. >> in the last month, this neighborhood has flooded three times. >> reporter: skip stiles heads wetlands watch, a local environmental group that...
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coming back to this question of digital spending, if you go to the next graphic. look at the increase from 2008 when the president, then candidate obama sent $16 million and zooming up to 47 million dollars for 2012. >> and 2008 was supposed to be the social media campaign. and look at it now. it's continuing. and there are some questions as to whether or not 2016 will be another social media campaign or will we be on to something new. >> suarez: now here was another example of how the obamas never stopped running. the campaign never really stopped. they just kept upping the investment in the on-line world as we proceeded through that first term. now let's talk about interactivity. because that's part of the gold standard of this, right, you don't just want cute cat pictures and people playing with their dogs. you want people engaged in electoral policy. >> and it happened. people weren't just looking at those cute kitties. they were announcing their votes on social media. if you look at the amount of oba supporters, 25% of them actually announced who they were vo
coming back to this question of digital spending, if you go to the next graphic. look at the increase from 2008 when the president, then candidate obama sent $16 million and zooming up to 47 million dollars for 2012. >> and 2008 was supposed to be the social media campaign. and look at it now. it's continuing. and there are some questions as to whether or not 2016 will be another social media campaign or will we be on to something new. >> suarez: now here was another example of how...
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but it was a more eloquent, more beautifully phrased speech of why do you think the next four days-- years will be different than the last four. things about business, the pta doesn't have a union you about president obama will really step short on education reform because he answers to his political supporters it was familiar arguments but phrased more beautifully. will it swing votes at thi late date, sort of dubious. but there have been occasions when votes have shifted in the last few days. i think the dui story which hit george w. bush in 2000, i think that did shift. but it takes something sort of extraordinary. >> the thing i think that will stand out after if we hadn't had sandy would be the story of the week is the really shameless ad that the romney people put on in ohio that chrysler was going to ship its production overseas to china. by the fact that chrysler has already committed $500 million of creation of production in toledo and 1100 new jobs there. but it was just, it was really scaring people, you know, that somehow the president had been part of bailing out chrysle
but it was a more eloquent, more beautifully phrased speech of why do you think the next four days-- years will be different than the last four. things about business, the pta doesn't have a union you about president obama will really step short on education reform because he answers to his political supporters it was familiar arguments but phrased more beautifully. will it swing votes at thi late date, sort of dubious. but there have been occasions when votes have shifted in the last few days....
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and you're working on the next chapter of his life. but based on what you know about this man how different are their governing styles and why do you think president obama has had such a more difficult time than president clinton did? >> you know, i think policies are actually pretty close although clinton was able to frame things a little differently than president obama has done obviously culture has changed enormously with the polarization and some of it these do with the fact that president obama doesn't have a transactional politician's mentality. he's more cert of looking bac and looking at the surrealism of everything that's going on but at the same time he's participating whereas president clinton just plows right in. but there's so much talk about how clinton was so successful and president obama was not, well, it was president obama who passed the health care law. >> ifill: and bill clinton couldn't. but we can't resist comparing these two. it's really interesting. on one hand we first came to know bill clinton from his conve
and you're working on the next chapter of his life. but based on what you know about this man how different are their governing styles and why do you think president obama has had such a more difficult time than president clinton did? >> you know, i think policies are actually pretty close although clinton was able to frame things a little differently than president obama has done obviously culture has changed enormously with the polarization and some of it these do with the fact that...
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and while the world pondered what may come next, cries of "god is great" echoed in the streets of syria as word spread of the bombing in damascus. late today, the white house said president obama called russian president putin to discuss the siatioin sia. it said the leaders agreed on the need for a political transition, in order to end the violence. for more on all of this we get two views. steven heydemann is the senior adviser for middle east initiatives at the united states institute of peace. he's worked with the syrian opposition on the challenges ahead once the assad regime falls. and frederic wehrey is a senior associate in the middle east program at the carnegie endowment for international peace. we thank you both for being here. >> thank you. >> woodruff: steven hideman, let me start with you. what do you make of these latest attacks of the death of the defense minister and these other top officials. >> this was not a good day for the assad regime and it comes on the heels of a week that is not good. these attacks were of for a number of reasons. i think they underscored the i
and while the world pondered what may come next, cries of "god is great" echoed in the streets of syria as word spread of the bombing in damascus. late today, the white house said president obama called russian president putin to discuss the siatioin sia. it said the leaders agreed on the need for a political transition, in order to end the violence. for more on all of this we get two views. steven heydemann is the senior adviser for middle east initiatives at the united states...
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it's to make people think he's doing something about the problem until the next crisis. comes along. and that's the larger problem. that we've got a president who imore concern with lookg like he's doing something than in actually doing what's needed to tackle the challenges we face. >> sreenivasan: amid that debate in washington, the price of oil was up today, finishing above $104 a barrel. wall street had a good day, after strong earnings from coca- cola and several other major firms. the dow jones industrial average gained 194 points to close at 13,115. the nasdaq rose 54 points to close at 3042. a majority of citi group shareholders voted on a non-binding vote. it was the first such protest by shareholders at any major wall street bank. for the record citi group is a corporate underwriter of the newshour. in afghanistan, president hamid karzai appealed to the taliban to halt their attacks and do more to bring about peace. insurgents linked to the taliban carried out an 18-hour assault on kabul over the weekend that killed dozens of people. militants also attacked cit
it's to make people think he's doing something about the problem until the next crisis. comes along. and that's the larger problem. that we've got a president who imore concern with lookg like he's doing something than in actually doing what's needed to tackle the challenges we face. >> sreenivasan: amid that debate in washington, the price of oil was up today, finishing above $104 a barrel. wall street had a good day, after strong earnings from coca- cola and several other major firms....